hi all, i am a finance degree holder from an average american university with an inferior gpa of 2.8/4.0. after college, i worked in a bank for 2 years. not a very prestigious one. i did compliance, assistant relationship manager and sales in commercial banking (at least not selling credit cards hehe)

i'm planning to apply for NUS Medicine Undergrad AY20/21 but with my performance so far, it seems hopeless... besides my horrible grades, i dont really have a solid science background. i was taking foundation courses for medicine in freshman year but could not continue the following year. i did take pure chemistry and pure biology for Os but i scored B for those. my olevels results were painfully medicore (L1R5: 14) and did not take As.

a little backstory...

freshman semester 1 GPA: 2.9/4.0
sophomore semester 1 GPA: 3.1/4.0

the tragedy happened in junior year when i fell so sick i had to return to singapore, skipping my finals. had to retake them along with my other classes. including group projects (i had to redo them alone). my gpa fell drastically. when it was time to decide on a major, i picked finance because any other science course would have been too rigorous and other than science, i had no other interests. business was my best bet. versatile and given the workload, it could help with my GPA.

TLDR; i managed to raise my GPA from 1.9 to 2.8

questions:

1) will having a degree/work experience help with MBBS?
2) can i take BMAT to increase my chances?
3) or would taking As be more logical?
4) will interning at clinics help?
5) with such horrible scores, can i actually apply for MD?

last but not least, should i:

1) apply as a transfer applicant as i'm a singaporean who is a graduate of a university?
2) apply under aptitude-based (discretionary) admission?

a lengthy post but i wanted to provide relevant details so as to receive more accurate answers to save everyone's time. thank you so much for reading and if you decide to respond, i appreciate your advice in advance!

Sadly itís so competitive you donít stand a chance even if u tried under discretionary admission. U can certainly take BMAT but what kinda of scores? 7?
If so No harm trying if u are at 90%tile
http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/Pages/FAQs.aspx#BMAT

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Current western treatment for cancer - Chemotherapy using Mustard Gas developed by german nazi Bayer Company commissioned by Hitler to mass kill soldiers ? No brainer 90% of all cancer patient treated with mustard gas surely dies

Many study doctor medicine to be rich and medicine doctors treat profession to obtain their riches.

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Yes, going back to plants herbal, there is a TCM course opening for registration below, however you will not be wealthy in TCMhttp://www.singaporetcm.edu.sg/en/

Because GPA can be very subjective, the Irish Medical Schools, with the exception of Trinity College and University College Dublin, do not typically use specific guidelines around GPA for admissions purposes. For instance, Student A may have a slightly lower GPA than Student B, but Student A may have a much higher degree of difficulty in his / her degree or high school program. Also, many schools (especially in Canada) do not use a GPA system. So, there are many variables involved and therefore GPA is not always a useful system for assessing students for medical school as it can be misleading.

Consequently, the Admissions Committees tend to consider every application individually and on its own merits, taking into account (among other things) the degree of difficulty involved in the undergraduate degree or high school curriculum, the competitiveness of the school, the course load carried by the student, how the student performed academically and a number of other factors.

However, if applying to Trinity College your GPA or equivalent should be a minimum of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale. If you are applying to University College Dublin, your GPA or equivalent should be a minimum of 3.08 on a 4.0 scale.

Versus western Rockefeller American Corporation "Scientific" based data poison torture kill people for population control objectives, prevent from getting cured non stop consuming of pharmaceutical drugs for corporation profits.

Versus western Rockefeller American Corporation "Scientific" based data poison torture kill people for population control objectives, prevent from getting cured non stop consuming of pharmaceutical drugs for corporation profits.

Doctors Medicine these are not meant for profit.

Donít think you read, TS cannot go overseas.
TCM also can poison ppl. There are always 2 sides to story.
Is fire good or bad?

e.g
Current western treatment for cancer - Chemotherapy using Mustard Gas developed by german nazi Bayer Company commissioned by Hitler to mass kill soldiers ? No brainer 90% of all cancer patient treated with mustard gas surely dies

Many study doctor medicine to be rich and medicine doctors treat profession to obtain their riches.

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Yes, going back to plants herbal, there is a TCM course opening for registration below, however you will not be wealthy in TCMhttp://www.singaporetcm.edu.sg/en/

Hahaha. Thank god for evolution which will probably extinguish your lineage but while you are alive pls don't spread your nonsense here.

Btw not true that u cannot do undergrad MBBS if you have a degree already. There are a few chaps in nus as such. One guy had a 1st class in electrical engineering even. However if u want to do graduate MD, u need a degree. But generally u need to have good grades.

Anyway, ts ah, I think u need to move on with Ur life la. Your grades are terrible. It's not easy to get such terrible grades really. Yes , u might be sick or whatever when u are having exams etc , but there are a lot of deserving students locally. Some of them went thru difficult phases in their lives and still get good grades ( eg lymphoma treatment during A levels, regular skin graft for a burns lady, one had PTSD from rape etc are some i meet).

Very few pple will give u a spot and deprive someone else more deserving.

Only schools which can profit off you will give u a spot. Irish schools, Australia schools are your realistic options.

And research, come on, you don't need a MBBS to do research. In fact u cant meaningful basic research with a MBBS because it's a professional degree.

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